Sergey Bezrukov
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Sergey Vitalyevich Bezrukov (Template:Langx; born 18 October 1973) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor, singer, People's Artist of Russia,[1] the laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation. He currently works at Tabakov Studio (the theatre of Oleg Tabakov).[2] He is a member of the Supreme Council of the party United Russia.
Biography
Early life and education
Sergei Bezrukov was born on 18 October 1973 in Moscow. His father was Vitali Bezrukov, an actor and director who worked at the Moscow Satire Theatre. Sergei's mother was Natalia Bezrukova (née Surova), she graduated from the Gorky College of Soviet Trade and worked as a shop manager.[3][4] Sergei Bezrukov was named in honor of his father's favorite poet, Sergei Yesenin.[5]
After graduating from secondary school No. 402 in the Perovsk district of Moscow in 1990, he entered the Moscow Art Theater School.[6] In 1994 he graduated from the acting department of the Moscow Art Theater School, with the specialization being Actor of Drama Theater and Cinema (Oleg Tabakov's workshop),[7] and was immediately accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Theater Studio under Oleg Tabakov.[8]
Career
From 1995 until 2000, he worked on the satirical program Puppets which aired on the NTV channel. Puppets were used on the show to represent famous people, mainly politicians. He voiced twelve characters on the show, among them such famous personalities as Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Bezrukov gained more exposure as an actor with the show.[9]
In 2002 Bezrukov gained his big break; he got the role of gang leader Sasha Belov in the popular crime TV show Brigada. After the series aired Sergei Bezrukov became a household name in Russia.[9][10] He voiced the title character of Prince Vladimir animated film. He is also known for his theatre role of Chichikov in Dead Souls (which won the Moskovskij Komsomolets' award). In 2006, he portrayed Alexander Pushkin, revered as the Russian language's greatest poet, in Pushkin: The Last Duel.
According to the survey of ROMIR Monitoring, in Russia he was called the favorite actor of 2005.[11]
In March 2014 he signed a letter in support of the position of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Russia's military intervention in Ukraine.[12]
In 2020, he advocated the 2020 amendments to the Constitution of Russia, which, in particular, are defining marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman. He explained his position by saying, that the terms 'parent 1 and parent 2' shouldn't be allowed to exist in Russia. "I promote love between a man and a woman, and prefer not experiment with gender equality", he also said.[13]
Sanctions
In July 2022 the EU imposed sanctions on Sergey Bezrukov for his active public support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as the illegal Russian annexation of Crimea.[14]
Personal life
From 2000 to 2015 he was married to actress Irina Bezrukova (to marry Bezrukov she broke up with actor Igor Livanov,[15] they became officially married when Sergei was acting in the TV series Brigada). In 2015 the couple separated.[16][17]
Sergei Bezrukov married director and screenwriter Anna Matison on 11 March 2016.[18] On 4 July 2016 they had a daughter, Maria.[19]
At the end of 2013, the media, citing Bezrukov's father, reported that Sergei has young children: daughter Alexandra and son Ivan; their mother was identified as a St. Petersburg actress by the name of Kristina Smirnova (born 1983 in Latvia).[20][21]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Stalin's Funeral | besprizornik | uncredited |
| 1999 | China Tea Set | Nikolay Sidikhin | |
| 2003 | One Life | Pavel | |
| 2005 | Shadowboxing | Sasha White | |
| 2006 | Kiss of a Butterfly | Nikolai Orlanov | |
| Prince Vladimir | Prince Vladimir | voice, animated film | |
| Pushkin: The Last Duel | Alexander Pushkin | ||
| 2007 | The Irony of Fate 2 | Irakliy Izmaylov | |
| 2008 | Admiral | General Kappel | |
| 2009 | Taras Bulba | Narrator | voice |
| High Security Vacation | Viktor 'Sumrak' Sumarokov | ||
| 2011 | Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive | Vladimir Vysotsky / Yura | |
| Yolki 2 | Vladimir Snegiryov | ||
| 2012 | The Ballad of Uhlans | Lieutenant Gorzhevskiy | |
| Moms | Mikhail | Segment "My beloved" | |
| 2016 | Sheep and Wolves | Magra | voice |
| After You're Gone | Alexey Temnikov | ||
| 2020 | The Last Frontier | Captain Ivan Starchak | |
| 2021 | Summer Time: Travel Back | Yura Kovalev | |
| Bender: The Beginning | Ibrahim Bender | ||
| Bender: Gold of the Empire | |||
| Saving Pushkin | Sergey Trofimov | ||
| 2022 | Mister Knockout | Grigory Kusikyants | |
| Dads | Alexander | ||
| 2023 | Nuremberg | Roman Rudenko | |
| Air | Alexey Astafiev |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Chivalric Romance | ||
| 2002 | Azazel | Ivan Brilling | |
| 2002 | Brigada | Sasha White | |
| 2004 | Moscow Saga | Vasily Stalin | |
| 2005 | Yesenin | Sergey Yesenin | |
| 2005 | The Master and Margarita | Yeshua Ha-Nozri | |
| 2011 | Black Wolves | Pavel Khromov | |
| 2017 | Trotsky | Vladimir Skalon | |
| 2018 | Godunov | Boris Godunov | |
| 2023 | Spy | Andrey Rybin |
References
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